Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block: A useful adjunct in the management of postoperative respiratory failure

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-306

  Singh, Mandeep ^a   Chin, Ki Jinn ^a   Chan, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia, postoperative; Anesthesia, regional: transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block; Respiratory failure; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

HYDROMORPHONE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTUBATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AGED; ANOXIA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79958290463     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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